Show your pets some modern love with these new designs from Waggo, a Brooklyn-based company founded in 2011 by Regine Raab. Raab brings her stylish sensibility—she used to work for major fashion houses, including Marc Jacobs–to pet accessories not typically known for their good looks. The result? Some of the chicest bowls, leashes, collars, chew toys, and treat canisters we've seen.

Photographer Mauren Brodbeck looks at buildings as if they are sitting for a portrait. In her series Urbanscape and Cityscape, Brodbeck searches for subjects that have a strong structural geometry. Her post process of color-blocking the chosen building is quite effective. The final outcome? Stunning and powerful images.

Let Dwell stock your home with the latest trends and our must-have furniture picks. We brought in design experts to weigh in on the perfect couch, and Glee star Jayma Mays shares her shopping tricks for her first home. Plus, world-renowned designers and curators from France, Italy, and Belgium open their doors to show their furniture favorites and essentials. Find it on newsstands now or order a digital edition. And, enjoy a sneak peek here!

New Orleans native Sherry-Lea Botop found herself in a unique position in 2005: The non-profit activist was, like many of her community members, housed in a shelter with her family while Hurricane Katrina was bearing down overhead. So how did she come to lead Architecture for Humanity's rebuilding effort in the besieged city? Read on.

Books add warm and personality to a space—and sometimes, though far too seldom, the shelves they sit on do the same. Here, five creative, handsomely built shelves that beautifully upstage their contents.